Month: December 2023

A family successfully tracked their stolen luggage from Charlotte Douglas International Airport using an Apple AirTag — though police warn against tracking down suspects without help.AirTags can be used to track stolen luggageThe Gavino family, planning a festive holiday in the Carolinas, faced an unexpected setback when they discovered a missing suitcase at the airport’s…

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Apple supplier Luxshare is taking over an iPhone assembly factory from a rival manufacturer after buying a majority stake in the location.Tim Cook visiting a Luxshare factoryLuxshare is buying a 62.5% stake in Pegatron’s Kunshan factory in eastern China. The deal, worth approximately $300 million (2.1 billion yuan), was disclosed in a recent exchange filing….

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The Apple Watch Series 9 has been available for over three months, now with Double Tap and on-device Siri, but our day-to-day use hasn’t changed much since moving from Apple Watch Series 8.Apple Watch Series 9 review three months laterThe primary selling point of the Apple Watch Series 9 was the S9 SiP and what…

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July 2023 saw Twitter become X, Threads briefly become a Twitter rival, and Apple’s Underdogs return — but none of it mattered because apparently Android was finally better than iOS, so there.Apple launched a new Underdogs video and Meta launched ThreadsThere must be technical reasons to prefer Android to iOS and there are certainly underlying…

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Today’s top deals include 33% off a Logitech Combo Touch keyboard case for iPad Pro, 20% off a Samsung 55″ Class QLED 4K The Frame Smart TV, 38% off a Panasonic Lumix S5 mirrorless camera, 63% off a 2-pack of Arlo Pro 4 spotlight wireless cameras, and more.Save $100 on a 2023 iMac with Magic…

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The Apple Watch is back on sale for now, QR codes are being used by fraudsters, plus a very few but entirely accurate predictions for 2024, all on the last AppleInsider Podcast of 2023.All current Apple Watches are now again on sale in Apple StoresJust picture all those workers at the Apple Store, they’ve finally…

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With New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day approaching, many iPhone users may need to get the most out of their ?iPhone?’s battery life for extended parties and other festivities. We’ve rounded up some helpful battery tips that you might want to put into action to ensure your ?iPhone? keeps working long into the night….

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The iPhone has quite a few built-in safety features that are designed to help keep you safe, and with New Year’s Eve parties approaching, it may be worth a refresher on what your ?iPhone? can do and the options you can enable to protect yourself. Stolen Device Protection Stolen Device Protection keeps your data safe…

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The upgraded 14-inch MacBook Pro sports the M3 Pro chip with a 12-core CPU and 18-core GPU, along with 1TB of storage. At $300 off, you can pick up the Space Black laptop at the lowest price seen to date.B&H has issued even more year-end discounts, with MacBook Pros seeing price drops of up to…

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On iPhone, listening to YouTube audio in the background usually requires paying for a YouTube Premium subscription, but there is a simple workaround that allows you to keep listening to a video when you are doing other things on your ?iPhone? or when your device is locked. Keep reading to learn how it’s done. As…

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Inverse’s Raymond Wong today published an in-depth overview of Apple’s increasing push towards high-end gaming on the Mac. The story includes commentary from Apple marketing managers Gordon Keppel and Leland Martin. One of the biggest reasons that gaming has improved on the Mac in recent years is the switch from Intel processors to Apple silicon,…

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